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Exodus 34:29-35 Sermon Commentary
Transfiguration Sunday C
Commentary: It’s instructive that the season of Epiphany, which begins with a bright star in the East, leading the Magi to worship the Christ-child concludes with Transfiguration Sunday, in which glory and shining, brilliance and light are, again, prominent themes. This imagery would have been at home in the Ancient Near Eastern imagination as, according…
Psalm 99 Sermon Commentary
Transfiguration Sunday C
Psalm 99 might seem to be a better fit for the Reign of Christ Sunday later this year than for Transfiguration Sunday. There is really nothing in the accounts of Christ’s transfiguration that point to God—or Christ Jesus—as King. But that is what Psalm 99 is all about. Probably if we wanted to make a…
Luke 9:28-36 Sermon Commentary
Transfiguration Sunday C
Comments, Questions, and Observations The liturgical calendar gives us a glimpse and experience of glory before reminding us that we are dust and to dust we shall return. Transfiguration Sunday ends Epiphany even as our heels are nipped by Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent—a season where we will try our very hardest to…
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Sermon Commentary
Transfiguration Sunday C
It may be a good thing that Transfiguration Sunday happens only once a year. After all, it’s not just that Jesus’ transfiguration is even to his closest friends among the most puzzling moments in his earthly life. It’s also that the RCL editors seemed to struggle to find passages outside of the gospels that speak…
Commentary posted on February 24, 2025
Transfiguration Sunday C Sermon Commentary
The Transfiguration Sunday C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 9:28-36 from the Lectionary Gospel; Exodus 34:29-35 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 99 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Corinthians 3:12 – 4:2 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 99 & 100 (Lord’s Day 36)